Spring-bottom for beds, &amp;c.



G. BQSMITH. SPRING BOTTOM FOB. BEDS, dw.

APPLICATION lFILED FEB. 8, 1908.

Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GARY B. SMITH, OF ANOKA, MINNESOTA.

SPRINGBOTTOM FOR BEDS, &c.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, GARY B. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Anoka, in the county of Anoka and State of Minnesota, haveinvented a new and useful Spring-Bottom for Beds, &c., of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has relation to spring bottoms for beds and the like andit consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts ashereinaftershown and described.

The obj ect of the invention is to` provide a spring bottom of thecharacter indicated which is of simple construction and which issoarranged that it may be compactly folded for shipment and storagepurposes.

The bottom consists of a continuous cable made up of a series ofresilient wires helically twisted together and formed into sections withloops twisted at the ends of the sections for the reception of pegs orother securing devices by means of which the struc ture may be supportedupon the frame of a bed bottom. The said sections of the cable are heldalong the major portions of their lengths in parallel relation to eachother by means of transversely disposed links hinged at their ends uponthe said sections. The said links permit the cable sections to be foldedlaterally over each other in compact form and when the said cablesections are extended into a plane the upper surfaces of the said linkslie in a plane above the pla-ne occupied by the cable sections. VWhenthe cable sections are extendedthey are adapted to support a mattress orother cushion.

In the accompanying drawing:Figure l is a plan view of the lspring bedbottom shown in extended position. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the springbed bottom showing the same folded, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionalview of a portion of the bed bottom cut on the line 3 8 of Fig. l.

The bed bottom consists of a continuous cable l which is' made up of aseries of re-v silient wires helically twisted together. The said cableis formed into the sections 2 2 which lie parallel with each other alongthe major portions of their lengths and taper toward each other at`their end portion. The loops 3 are twisted in the cable at the endportions of the sections 2 and are adapted to receive pegs or othersecuring devices mounted upon the frame of the bed bottom.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 8, 1908.

Patented Dec. 1,` 1908.

Serial No. 414,955.

The sections 2 are held in parallel relation to each other by thetransversely disposed links 4- and 5. The links 5 are arranged in pairsand are fixed at their end portions to the opposite cable sections 2.The links l are hinged at their end portions to opposite cable sections2 and lie between the end portions of the links 5 of adjacent paths. Byreason of the fact that the links 5 are fixed at their ends to the cablesections 2 they prevent lateral displacement or movement on the part ofthe links 4 along the sections 2. When the structure is extended asshown in Fig. l of the drawing the links 4f and 5 yoccupy a plane abovethat in which the sections 2 are located and the ends of the said linkslie under the intermediate portions of the same and Vconsequentlypresent no obstruction upon which articles of bed clothing may catch.When the bed bottom is not in use it may be folded up in the manner asshown in F ig. 2 and thus occupy but small space which possesses itsadvantages for shipping and storage purposes.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

l. A spring bottom for beds comprising a continuous resilient cableconsisting of helically twisted wires, said cable being formed intosections having intermediate parallel portions and converging endportions with loops twisted at the ends of the converging portions andlinks holding said sections in parallel relation.

2. A springbottom for beds comprising a continuous resilient cableformed into sections with loops located at the ends thereof,transversely disposed links holding the sections in parallel relation,said links being arranged alternately, singly and in pairs, the ends ofthe single links lying between the ends of the links arranged in pairsand being hingedly connected with the cable section and the ends of thelinks arranged in pairs being fixed .to the cable sections.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afhxedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GARY B. SMITH.

Witnesses:

M. E. STONE, J. S. TURNBULL.

